(To a group calling for critical articles on the anti-war movement.)

Hi, I don't have a paper to submit, just an idea/offer I'd love if you could keep in mind or share...

I think the strategy and effectiveness for the antiwar movement would have been markedly different and better if we had tools for democratic mass communication.

Collectively we would have come up with much better tactics, and would have been able to ask-- are there 1,000 people willing to maintain a militant presence? Are there 100,000 willing to (morally, materially, financially) support them? I think the answer would have been yes in the first week of the war, more in the run-up to the war, and now-- maybe 10,000 and a million.

My bid to enable this sort of communication is mailing lists that, in addition to groups and individuals whose communications you choose to subscribe to, can have messages that are petitioned to go to wider regional or interest groups, and a random group of people decide if it goes.

Communication not controlled by any individual or group, that can reach millions without overwhelming subscribers... that's my prescription for the antiwar movement... and we hope to be able to make that our contribution.

Thanks for your attention,

ben

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